Medical appliance



March 29, 1927. 4 1,622,903

J. L. COX

MEDICAL APPLIANCE Filed Oct. 20. 1925 Patented Mar. 29, 1927.

JOHN L. COX, OF PLAINVIEW, NEBRASKA.

MEDICAL APPLIANCE.

Application filed October 20, 1925. Serial No. 63,665.

The object of the invention is to provide a device for use upon thehuman form that the latter may be subjected to the beneficial effects ofa fluid agent, such as hot or cold water, or a properly tempered fluid;and to provide a construction capable of use either as a means for thecontinuous circulation of the fluid agent, or for the rentention of thesame so that the user may move aboutwhile receiving treatment with thedevice.

With this object in view, the invention consists in a construction andarrangement of parts of which a preferred embodiment is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is an elevational view of aportion of a human figure, showing the device applied in operativeposition.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the connection between the extremities of thecirculating tube.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the plane indicated by the line 33 ofFigure 2.

The invention consists of a flexible tube 10 of rubber or the like, sothat it may be wrapped around any part of the human form, it beingillustrated in the drawings as applied to the body above the waistline.The separate convolutions of the coil may be laid close together orseparated as best suits the conditions and the extremities 11 and 12 arecrossed, being passed through and engaged by a clamp 14. The extremity11 is coupled to the intake tube 15 leading from the three-way valve 16with which communicate the hot and cold water inlet tubes 17 and 18. Theextremity 12 is connected with a waste tube 19.

If it be desired to fill the tube 10 with the treating agent, whether itbe hot or cold or tempered water, the operation is the same as when theagent is circulated, but the clamping member 14 is then moved to closed.position and the crossing portions 11 and 12 of the tube are compressedand then what water remains in the tube is trapped therein. The wastetube 19 and inlet tube 15 may then be uncoupled from the extremities 11and 12 of the tube and the device will be supplied with the treatingagent so,

that the patient may move around.

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and usefulis:

A medical appliance comprising a coil for application in surroundingrelation to the human form, the terminals of the coil being crossed, acombined closing and holding means connecting said terminals, and supplyand discharge tubes detachably connected with said terminals.

In testimony whereof he aflixes his signature.

JOHN L. cox.

